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Subject[tip: sched/core] sched: Add CONFIG_SCHED_CORE help text
The following commit has been merged into the sched/core branch of tip:

Commit-ID: 7b419f47facd286c6723daca6ad69ec355473f78
Gitweb: https://git.kernel.org/tip/7b419f47facd286c6723daca6ad69ec355473f78
Author: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
AuthorDate: Tue, 25 May 2021 08:53:28 +02:00
Committer: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
CommitterDate: Tue, 01 Jun 2021 16:00:10 +02:00

sched: Add CONFIG_SCHED_CORE help text

Hugh noted that the SCHED_CORE Kconfig option could do with a help
text.

Requested-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Acked-by: Hugh Dickins <hughd@google.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/YKyhtwhEgvtUDOyl@hirez.programming.kicks-ass.net
---
kernel/Kconfig.preempt | 14 ++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 14 insertions(+)

diff --git a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
index ea1e333..bd7c414 100644
--- a/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
+++ b/kernel/Kconfig.preempt
@@ -104,4 +104,18 @@ config SCHED_CORE
bool "Core Scheduling for SMT"
default y
depends on SCHED_SMT
+ help
+ This option permits Core Scheduling, a means of coordinated task
+ selection across SMT siblings. When enabled -- see
+ prctl(PR_SCHED_CORE) -- task selection ensures that all SMT siblings
+ will execute a task from the same 'core group', forcing idle when no
+ matching task is found.
+
+ Use of this feature includes:
+ - mitigation of some (not all) SMT side channels;
+ - limiting SMT interference to improve determinism and/or performance.
+
+ SCHED_CORE is default enabled when SCHED_SMT is enabled -- when
+ unused there should be no impact on performance.
+

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